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The article features Tom Morey, inventor of the Boogie board which is a laminated proletarian surfboard. Morey has invented various things such as a Mylar toothpick, a circular book and an improved football. According to the author, Morey's Boogie board is the first manifestation of his belief that closed-cell plastic is the flesh of a new order of being. Information on his family life is also given.

The article reports that lifeguard Larry Capune has completed hand-paddling a 17-foot surfboard from Boston, Massachusetts to Miami, Florida. He started the 2,400-mile voyage at Nantucket Beach on July 1, 1972 carrying only a transistor radio, smoke flares, maps, extra clothes and vitamins. His goal is to promote a Wet Alliance to encourage young people to paddle their surfboards on U.S. coasts. The challenges encountered by Capune are discussed.

The article explores the Hobie Cat racing, a type of sport said to have been started by surfboard builder Hobart "Hobie" Alter. He was the first to have sold 100 pieces of Hobie Cats in 1968. Alter said that the sport is one of the best kind of sailing as it depends on the skill of a competitor to win a Hobie Cat event. He added that there is no real danger entailing the sport. In 1971, the Hobie Cat 14 National Championships named 17-year-old Richard Loufek of Camarillo, California being as its winner.

The article discusses various issues on several sports-related events. Around one billion people are reported to have watched the World Cup soccer game between England and Brazil held in Mexico. Hoyle Schweitzer of California has invented the sport of windsurfing which uses a 12-foot surfboard, a 14-foot mast, and a 56-square-foot sail. Blonde jockey Mary Bacon revealed that she always wears her gold earrings during a race so people will not mistake her for a man.

Several photographs of boating scenes in the U.S. are presented including girls riding a jet-propelled gas-powered surfboard, an outboard-powered rubber raft, and the Thunderbird's Drift-R-Cruz houseboat.

This article is written in the first person by the author who grew up in Hawaii. I grew up in Hawaii, surfing 280 to 290 days a year, mostly on a beach called Pine Trees, which was a two-minute walk from my family's home in Hanalei, on the island of Kauai. My younger brother, Bruce, and I had been asking my dad if we could move up from boogie boards, and on Christmas morning we discovered a pair of surfboards under the tree. Back then I was what surfers call a "grom" -- I didn't know what I was doing. We would go to the beach every day after school to ride, and some days we'd bring grub -- Doritos, Snickers, Coke, all the key food groups -- and make a fire. Surfing was born in Hawaii hundreds of years ago. It's so much a part of the culture that when I was in elementary school, the teachers would show us these spooky stick drawings of surfers done ages ago by native Hawaiians. As I became a better surfer, I tested myself on Kauai's bigger breaks. In terms of difficulty, Pine Trees, a beach frequented by locals and tourists, was at the bottom of the totem pole. For me, the top was a reef break out in Hanalei Bay that you could see from Pine Trees.

As a teenager Andy Irons was heralded as the next Kelly Slater. Last season the 24-year-old native of Kauai, Hawaii, justified the hype by winning his first world surfing title. In 2003 he has continued to barrel through opponents, with three wins in five starts entering next week's Billabong Pro in South Africa. Here's what he's bringing to his third continent this season. I'm saving this Hawaiian Island Creations surfboard for my next big contest, in Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa, because it helped me take the $30,000 first prize at the Quiksilver Pro at Nii-jima Island, Japan, in late June. I've got more than 80 surf videos, and "Ahead: the Movie" is in heavy rotation. When I'm running to catch a flight, I use the DaKine Ultimate Traveler bag and cruise past the dudes who are trying to balance their boards on skateboards and carts. I get Maxim for the articles. I like to know who's having sex with whom, the good beers to get when I travel to other countries and bar jokes to tell to keep my friends amused. I read every issue from cover to cover to keep me occupied on those long, boring flights.

Mentions the Gucci surfboard, which is priced in the $2000 range. Description of the fiberglass-coated board; How Gucci is marketing the item.

The article focuses on Hobie Alter, chairman of the board of the Coast Catamaran Corp., who revolutionalized the sport of surfing in the 1950s, and his radio-controlled sailplane, the Hobie Hawk. Alter advises people to get their mind inside the sailplane to really fly the sailplanes right. It notes that Alter opened what is believed to be the first surfboard shop in the world in 1954. It cites that his dealers all over the world were selling 250 boards per week at 130 U.S. dollars each by 1966.

The article presents information on collapsible surfboards designed by Herman Bank, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory staff engineer working on space projects. It relates an incident which prompted Bank to design a two-part board. For this project, he collaborated with Hobie Alter, one of the largest custom surfboard manufacturers in the U.S.

The article focuses on popularity of surfboarding, surf skiing and surf boating in Australia, which led to an increase in the number of lifesavers who are trained in rescue and resuscitation, and are dedicated to preserving the sports in a safe way. It is stated that surfing was introduced by Hawaiian Olympic swimming champion, Duke Kahanamoku in 1915. According to Judge Adrian Curlewis, president of the Australian association of surfing clubs, surfing builds national character.